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Żywiec Lake
Żywiec Lake (Polish: ''Jezioro Żywieckie'') is a reservoir on the Soła river in southern Poland, near the town of Żywiec. It was created in 1966, when several villages in the area, such as Zarzecze, Tresna, Zadziel and Old Żywiec were flooded following the construction of a dam. The lake has the area of around 10 square kilometres, and the earth-filled dam is 39 metres high and 310 metres long. The maximum depth of the lake is , and the average depth is . Near the dam there is a hydro-electric power plant with the capacity of . Żywiec Lake is used mostly for tourist purposes, to regulate the flow of water, and to protect the area from flooding. On November 15, 1978, at 5 a.m., two Autosan PKS buses, in a 15-minute interval, skidded while driving along the lake, and fell into icy water. The buses were carrying coal miners to work at Brzeszcze Brzeszcze () is a town in Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship in southern Poland, near Oświęcim. As of December 2021, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soła
The Soła () is a river in southern Poland, a right tributary of the Vistula. The Soła originates in the Western Beskids mountain range near the border with Slovakia. It is made up of the confluence of several small creeks in the Rajcza municipality. It runs downhill northeastwards through Żywiec Basin to the towns of Żywiec and Kęty, forming the border between the Silesian and the Żywiec Beskids. After , the Soła empties into the Vistula River after passing through the town of Oświęcim. The river flows within metres of the . The |
Reservoir
A reservoir (; ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam, usually built to water storage, store fresh water, often doubling for hydroelectric power generation. Reservoirs are created by controlling a watercourse that drains an existing body of water, interrupting a watercourse to form an Bay, embayment within it, excavating, or building any number of retaining walls or levees to enclose any area to store water. Types Dammed valleys Dammed reservoirs are artificial lakes created and controlled by a dam constructed across a valley and rely on the natural topography to provide most of the basin of the reservoir. These reservoirs can either be ''on-stream reservoirs'', which are located on the original streambed of the downstream river and are filled by stream, creeks, rivers or rainwater that surface runoff, runs off the surrounding forested catchments, or ''off-stream reservoirs'', which receive water diversion, diverted water from a nearby stream or aqueduct (water supply), aq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Żywiec
Żywiec () is a town on the River Soła in southern Poland with 31,194 inhabitants (2019). It is situated within the Silesian Voivodeship, near the Żywiec Lake and Żywiec Landscape Park, one of the eight protected areas in the voivodeship. Historically, the town has been part of the Lesser Poland region and is the capital of the Żywiecczyzna region, which is ethnically part of the Goral Lands. The 551231 Żywiec planetoid is named after the town. History Żywiec was first mentioned in a written document in 1308 as a seat of a Catholic parish. It was originally located in the place later known as ''Stary Żywiec'' (lit. "Old Żywiec"). It belonged then to the Duchy of Cieszyn, and after 1315 to the Duchy of Oświęcim, which in 1327 became a fief of the Kingdom of Bohemia. The town was a focal point for the development of hitherto sparsely populated Żywiec Basin. The area of Stary Żywiec was prone to flooding so the town was moved to the current spot in 1448. In 145 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Autosan
Autosan is a Polish bus and coach manufacturer. The company is located in Sanok, Poland. Its sales network includes European (also non-EU countries), African and Asian countries. Currently it produces approximately 300 buses a year. Since 2022, it has been a branch of the Huta Stalowa Wola company. History The company was founded in 1832 by Walenty Lipiński and Mateusz Beksiński as a boilermaker's plant. The history of the factory changed depending on domestic and European economic situations. At the beginning of its activity, the factory produced devices and equipment for the oil mining, distillery and brewing industries. It later added transportation to its range and by 1894 it had become Poland's most important manufacturer of rail coaches and freight cars, tramcars and other high-capacity vehicles, while continuing to produce their initial output of boilers and other related devices. Later, even more variety of product was added, including cisterns, cranes, d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Przedsiębiorstwo Komunikacji Samochodowej
Przedsiębiorstwo Komunikacji Samochodowej (commonly abbreviated PKS, can be translated as ''Motor Transport Company'') is a major Polish Company, enterprise dealing with inter-city public transport using coaches. History It was created as a state enterprise in 1945 in post-war communist Poland as ''Państwowa Komunikacja Samochodowa'' (''State Motor Transport''). Until 1989 it had a monopoly on suburban and interurban bus transport in Poland. After the fall of communism, PKS was divided into 176 local operations. In 1992 it was renamed to its current name. The local operations had different fates. Some were retained by the government, some were acquired by local authorities, some merged, some failed and others were acquired by outsiders such as Arriva or Connex Group, Connex. In 2020 about 100 'PKS' companies were still in existence although not all were still involved in transport. PKS Radom went bankrupt in 2022. Incidents PKS buses were involved in two major accidents in Pol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brzeszcze
Brzeszcze () is a town in Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship in southern Poland, near Oświęcim. As of December 2021, the town has a population of 10,935. The history of the town dates back to the 15th century, and it was probably founded by Flanders, Flemish settlers. Brzeszcze lies along regional roads nr. 933 and nr. 949, and its name comes from the brzost (Ulmus glabra) trees, which once were abundant in the Soła, Sola river valley. In the past the town was spelled Brzescie, Breszcze, Brescze, Brzeszce, and Brzesczye. Location Brzeszcze lies in the Northern Carpathian Foothills, on the Vistula river, in western Lesser Poland. The town is part of the Upper Silesian Coal Basin. The distance to Kraków is , and the distance to Czech border crossing at Cieszyn, . The town has three rail stations – Brzeszcze, Brzeszcze-Kopalnia, and Brzeszcze-Jawiszowice. All three are located along rail line nr. 93, which goes from Trzebinia to Zebrzydowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Ze ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lakes Of Poland
The following is a list of lakes of Poland. * Lake Dabie (Jezioro Dąbie in Szczecin) * Lake Ruda Woda (Jezioro Ruda Woda in Iława lake district) * Lake Mamry (Jezioro Mamry in Mazury lake district) * Lake Sniardwy (Jezioro Śniardwy in Mazury lake district) * Lake Lebsko (Jezioro Łebsko) * Lake Miedwie (Jezioro Miedwie) * Lake Jeziorak (Jezioro Jeziorak) * Lake Niegocin (Jezioro Niegocin) * Lake Gardno (Jezioro Gardno) * Lake Jamno (Jezioro Jamno) * Lake Wigry (Jezioro Wigry) * Lake Gopło (Jezioro Gopło) * Lake Drawsko (Jezioro Drawsko) * Lake Orzysz (Jezioro Orzysz) * Lake Resko Przymorskie * Lake Chłop * Lake Uścimowiec * Bukówka Lake *Jezioro Drewęckie *Jezioro Pauzeńskie *Jezioro Szelag Mały *Jezioro Szelag Duży *Jezioro Sajmino *Jezioro Perskie *Jezioro Puzy *Jezioro Ruś *Jezioro Morliny *Jezioro Gugowa *Jezioro Jakuba *Jezioro Czarne *Jezioro Srebrne *Jezioro Taburz See also * {{portal-inline, Lakes Poland Poland, officially the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reservoirs In Poland
Major water reservoir (water), reservoirs and dams in Poland: * Besko Reservoir on the Wisłok, completed 1978 * Bukowskie Reservoir on the Bóbr, completed 1907, expanded 1989 * Lake Czorsztyn on the Dunajec, completed 1995 * Lake Dobczyce on the Raba (Vistula), Raba, 1987 * Goczałkowice Reservoir on the Vistula, 1956 * Lake Klimkowskie on the Ropa (river), Ropa, 1994 * Lake Leśnia on the Kwisa, 1905 * Lake Lubachowskie on the Bystrzyca (Odra), Bystrzyca, 1917 * Lake Malta on the Cybina, 1952 * Lake Międzybrodzkie, created by the Porąbka Dam on the Soła, 1937 * Niedów Reservoir on the Smědá, 1962 * Nyskie Lake on the Nysa Kłodzka, 1971 * Otmuchowskie Reservoir on the Nysa Kłodzka, 1933 * Pilchowickie Lake, created by the masonry gravity Pilchowice Dam on the Bóbr, 1912 * Lake Rożnów on the Dunajec, 1942 * Lake Solina, created by the concrete gravity Solina Dam on the San river, San, 1968 * Zalew Sulejowski, Sulejów Reservoir on the Pilica (river), Pilica, 1974 * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Żywiec County
__NOTOC__ Żywiec County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland, on the Slovak border. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and only town is Żywiec, which lies south of the regional capital Katowice. The county covers an area of . As of 2019 its total population is 152,877, out of which the population of Żywiec is 31,194 and the rural population is 121,683. The county includes part of the protected area known as Żywiec Landscape Park. Neighbouring counties Żywiec County is bordered by Cieszyn County to the west, the city of Bielsko-Biała and Bielsko County to the north, Wadowice County to the north-east, and Sucha County to the east. It also borders Slovakia to the south. Administrative division The county is subdivided into 15 gmina The gmina (Polish: , plural ''gminy'' ) is the basic unit of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
